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AGI Technologies

Lorry hire challan software that shows your margin before dispatch

LR Manager by AGI Technologies is lorry hire challan software that puts party freight and lorry hire side by side, in rupees and percent, before the truck is dispatched. It is built for transporters and brokers who hire market trucks every day, and for fleet owners who mix their own and hired trucks.

Challan CH/PAT/0187 · Draft
Patna → Kolkata · 32ft MXL
Dispatch
Party freight
₹48,000
Lorry hire
₹41,500
Your margin
₹6,500 · 13.5%
Last 5 hires on this lane: ₹39,000 – ₹42,000 · median ₹40,500
Owner’s bank account changed — payment on hold
E-way bill on LR-2041 expires in 6 hrsRolling out
Driver shared location 12 min ago — on schedule
Sample screen · your own data after the demo
The problem

Where market truck hire loses money

The margin on a market truck is decided on a phone call, often in a hurry. These are the usual leaks. The rupee amounts are examples only.

Agreeing a hire above the lane rate

Example: A broker asks ₹62,000 for Raipur to Hyderabad. Your last five hires on that lane were ₹55,000 to ₹58,000, but the munshi does not remember, and ₹4,000 to ₹7,000 of margin goes on one call.

Lane rate memory shows your past hires on the same route and truck type while you type the rate, and flags a rate above the usual.

A thin margin found at month-end

Example: Party freight is ₹31,000 and hire is ₹29,500: a 4.8% margin when you aim for 8%. Nobody notices until the month’s profit is counted.

The challan shows the margin in ₹ and % and turns red below the minimum margin you set.

Per tonne hire worked out on a calculator

Example: A per tonne deal at ₹1,850 a tonne loads 21.4 tonnes, so the hire is ₹39,590. One slip on the calculator pays the owner ₹41,590, and nobody checks it again.

Choose per trip or per tonne on each challan and the hire is worked out for you.

Extra point and unloading paid, never billed

Example: The truck makes an extra drop at Nagpur for ₹1,500 and pays ₹1,200 for unloading. The owner is paid both, the party is billed for neither, and ₹2,700 leaves the trip.

Enter a pass-through charge once on the challan. It is paid to the truck and added to the party’s bill in the same entry.

How it works

How a lorry hire challan works in LR Manager

  1. 01Attach the LRsPick the LRs going on this truck. A part load can be split across trucks.
  2. 02Choose the truck and who gets paidPick a saved truck and owner or add a market truck once, then choose to pay the owner or the broker.
  3. 03Type the hireEnter the rate per trip or per tonne. Your past hires on the lane show while you type.
  4. 04Check the marginParty freight against hire, in ₹ and %. Red means it is below your minimum.
  5. 05Pay the advance and dispatchRecord the advance by bank, UPI QR, cash or diesel slip, and send the driver a tracking link.
Features

Lorry hire challan software features

Built for the hire desk, where most of a market truck’s margin is won or lost.

Live trip margin

Party freight against lorry hire, in ₹ and %. Turns red below your minimum margin.

Lane rate memory

Your past hires on the same route and truck type, shown while you type the rate.

Per trip or per tonne

Set the hire basis on each challan.

Owner or broker

Pay the truck owner or the broker, your choice on every challan.

Pass-through charges

Detention, unloading and extra point paid to the truck and billed to the party in one entry.

Own and market trucks together

Both on one challan screen, with trucks, owners and drivers saved once.

Partial loads and transfers

Split an LR across trucks or move it to a new truck mid-route.

Advances on the challan

Bank, UPI QR, cash or diesel slip, recorded against the challan so the balance is right.

Pricing

What the challan module costs

Challans, advances and truck payments are in the Business plan at ₹9 per shipment. Starter, at ₹0, covers LRs, billing and POD without challans.

  • Starter₹0 /shipmentSingle branch getting off paper.
  • Business₹9 /shipmentMarket trucks, multiple branches, real money control.
  • Growth Partner₹9 /shipment + fixed monthly feeSoftware plus a team bringing you new shippers.

All prices are inclusive of GST.

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Lorry hire challan questions

What is a lorry hire challan?

It is the record of a truck you hire for a trip: the truck and owner, the LRs loaded, the agreed hire, the advance and the balance. Offices also call it a hire challan, truck challan, hire slip or motor memo. In LR Manager it is also where you see the trip margin.

Can I use the same challan for my own trucks?

Yes. Own trucks and market trucks run on the same challan screen, with trucks, owners and drivers saved once and picked each time.

Where does the lane rate come from?

From your own past challans. LR Manager shows the hires you agreed earlier on the same route and truck type, so the check uses your history, not an outside rate list.

Can I pay the broker instead of the truck owner?

Yes. On each challan you choose whether the owner or the broker is paid, and whether the hire is per trip or per tonne. Advances and the balance follow that choice.

What if the load has to move to another truck mid-route?

Move the LR to the new truck. The LR’s record follows the goods, so both trucks are on file against the same booking.

See your next hire on the margin card

Book a free 30-minute demo. Give us one recent challan and we show its margin, lane rates and advance in LR Manager.

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